Chinese KX-6000 eight-core x86 CPU gets pictured

The first render of the Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor KX-6000 processor appeared on the web. Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor is a cooperation between VIA and the Chinese government. The KX-6000 is a new x86 processor that will be made on TSMC's 16nm process. Last year, the company released the KX-5000, that model was still made on 28nm.

The KX-6000 features eight cores that run at 3GHz, it's equipped with integrated graphics, a hardware media encoder, DDR4-3200 memory controller, and support for Windows 10. The chip is designed for the Chinese market, and is supposed to end up in laptops and desktop PCs.

According to Zhaoxin, the KX-6000 offers performance "on-par" with the 7th Generation Intel Core i5 CPUs. It will be interesting to see how this chip performs in independent tests, even though we'll probably never see it outside of China.



Next in Zhaoxin's pipeline is the KX-7000, that processor is expected next year and promises eight cores in combination with DDR5 and PCI Express 4.0 support. VIA is a name we rarely come across anymore so it's interesting to see that the firm is still active in the x86 field. It would be an amazing feat if they can still push out something that's somewhat competitive with Intel/AMD.

Via: HardOCP